"boylet" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: boylets [plural]
Etymology: boy + -let Etymology templates: {{af|en|boy|-let}} boy + -let Head templates: {{en-noun}} boylet (plural boylets)
  1. A male infant or very young boy.
    Sense id: en-boylet-en-noun-VovcWT3X Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -let Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -let: 88 12
  2. A casual boyfriend Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-boylet-en-noun-g-SZ~2HY Disambiguation of People: 42 58

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1894, The Halcyon - Volume 10, page 43",
          "text": "Dear little boylets and little girllets, don't play with any more tin cans, or at least if you do, do put them away when you are through with them, and don't hang them on the trees.",
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          "ref": "1900, Popular Science News - Volume 34, page 101",
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          "ref": "1963, Michigan's Voices - Volume 3, Issue 3, page 69",
          "text": "The stupid things that boylets did I downright just refused to.",
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          "ref": "1971, The Cowboys, page 146",
          "text": "And the next time I catch one of you stink-pants little baby boylets just dropping in his plate and ankling off, I'm gonna tear his arm off and beat his head in with it, stomp his ribs, and piss on what's left, you hear?",
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          "ref": "2012, Rachael Johns, Jilted",
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          "ref": "2000, Nick Carbó, Eileen Tabios, Babaylan: An Anthology of Filipina and Filipina American Writers",
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          "ref": "2001, Maria Leonida Fres- Felix, Sup?, page 5",
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          "ref": "2017 December 7, Hannah Victoria Wabe, “Unexpected life lessons from 'Unexpectedly Yours'”, in Sun.Star Philippines",
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